Uyuni City, was an important rail center, one of the first at South America level. Its establishment and growth was thanks to the peak of the minerals and the silver mines explotation at Huanchaca - Pulacayo. Today Uyuni City has become a tourist city, being the main starting point to carry out tourism to The Great Salt Flats of Uyuni and many other attractiveness of the region.

Album de fotos: Uyuni

Train Cemetery

It is located outside of Uyuni City, it's a rusty iron bars pantheon, railway steam engines from the XIX century and coming from US and UK, where the mining boom hastened the arrival of the railways to Bolivia.

Photo gallery: Train Cementery

The Great Salt Flats of Uyuni (the largest in the world)

The largest Salt Flat in the world, one of the singularest jewerly highland, it has 10,582 km2 extension, 3,660 meters high and 120 meters depth, composed by overlapping layers of brine. Considered the largest reserves of lithium and other minerals like boron, potassium, magnesium, borax, sodium sulfate, ulexite.

Photo gallery: Salt Flats of Uyuni

Incahuasi Island (Fish Island)

Also called Fish Island, is an earth portion in the immensity of the Salt Flats of Uyuni, has 24.62 hectares area, populated by cactus "Trichocereus Pasacana" which can reach over 9 meters high.

Photo gallery: Incahuasi Island

Galaxies cave and Devil's Cave

Underwater geological formation with limestone bodies, resulting from the dissolution of calcium carbonate in contact with groundwater and rainwater formed in the run-up to the glaciones 16,000 years ago.

Photo gallery: Galaxies cave

Red Lagoon, Green Lagoon and other

Red Lagoon: One of the most impressive natural wonders, to be noon you can see the color of the water is changing to a bright red color, due to its high concentration of salt, minerals and algae that inhabit it.

Green Lagoon:Â At the foot of Licancabur volcano has a deep emerald green by the constitution of the water and algae that inhabit it.

Licancabur volcano:Â Western Snowy mountain range, with great possibilities for mountain climb, the volcano takes about 6-7 hours, the slope is steep and rocky with strong cold winds. From the top you can see the gaps around.

Photo gallery: Volcanoes

Tree Stone and other rock formations

It is located in the Siloli desert, it is a curious volcanic rock formation wind, wind and salt that move was given the particular form it has.

Photo gallery: Tree Stone

Morning Sun (Geysers)

2 km2 extension area, characterized by a complex volcanic and fumarole activity. They are active and dormant volcanoes, you can see lava boiling intensely, vapors reaching heights of 10 to 15 meters, active fumaroles and a variety of colors because of its minerals.